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Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by carrozo »

ondrejv1 wrote: post #9
coolvision wrote: post #5

Concept is nice. Name is too tacky, just can't take it seriously.

Thanks for the feedback

I think it’s catchy/sticky and relevant to the value prop. Surprised it hasn’t been used already either tbh. Tool looks great too!

Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by havlenao »

rickdeveloper wrote: post #20

The lack of an iPhone app is killing it for me.

We are aware of that. Nevertheless we need to make sure that the solution is working for users. Mobile app is in our road map for sure. So far you can use the cloud version (app.brainio.com) even on your mobile (Chrome, Safari, Firefox).

Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by havlenao »

jnurmine wrote: post #19

Interesting! May I ask what, if any, features do you plan to add that supercede those of Freeplane? As background: whenever I need to grok a larger concept or chomp through a large collection of material, I fire up Freeplane. (It's a fork of Freemind, a desktop application written in Java, it's under GPL and runs fully locally, see freeplane.org) You already mentioned a Markdown to map input path. That is a good idea…

We are working on following features right now that are gonna be included in all plans: 1) Split view 2) Public ling sharing, embedded code 3) Kindle highlights sync (syncing the highlighted parts of yout books directly to the app) 4) AI for recommending online content (courses, books etc.) Free plan is just limited by number of documents and storage because we need to cover the server costs for cloud solution.

Right now the solution is cloud based (but with SAML SSO and access provisioning for enterprises). It could be self-hosted it there is a demand for that.

Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by Hoasi »

ondrejv1 wrote: post #10
stevesimmons wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The examples on the homescreen simply aren't compelling. Mindmaps get little traction imo because this first experience is usually dreadful: Simple examples (like you show) are just as well represented by a bulleted list. And complex examples need a really slick and intuitive UI, otherwise they are too painful to create. My take on it is Markdown in a private Github repo provides 90% of the benefits and a lot of othe…

Thanks for the feedback. The idea here is to let user take notes in mark down, then with one click convert it to mind map to make a structure to the text. After that collaborate with others (colleagues, friends, family...) in real time in note or mind map mode.

> The idea here is to let user take notes in mark down, then with one click convert it to mind map to make a structure to the text.

An interesting idea, although a bit counter-intuitive: in principle, a mind map helps you to visualize ideas better, in a way that lets you restructure them, etc. This visual outlining process is a tool, not the end goal. You'd expect to start with a rough diagram of idea nodes, not with a list. That said, starting with text could be useful in some cases.

Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by havlenao »

Hoasi wrote: post #25
ondrejv1 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback. The idea here is to let user take notes in mark down, then with one click convert it to mind map to make a structure to the text. After that collaborate with others (colleagues, friends, family...) in real time in note or mind map mode.

> The idea here is to let user take notes in mark down, then with one click convert it to mind map to make a structure to the text. An interesting idea, although a bit counter-intuitive: in principle, a mind map helps you to visualize ideas better, in a way that lets you restructure them, etc. This visual outlining process is a tool, not the end goal. You'd expect to start with a rough diagram of idea nodes, not with…

Yeah, I agree. And the app works both way. You can start to create note or mind-map and then switch between both modes.

Re: Show HN: New mind mapping tool for learners

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Post by havlenao »

kfk wrote: post #27

Since we are on this topic, any good libraries to create diagrams? I have lots of python functions which one day would love to make available into an visual programming tool diagram type.

not for diagrams but we are gonna use katex.org to support math formulas in the next release
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